Auster Pass
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Auster Pass is a high pass in the Royal Society Range
, between Mount Huggins
and Mount Kempe
, leading into the Skelton Glacier
area from McMurdo Sound
. It was named by the New Zealand
Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
(1956–58) for the RNZAF Antarctic Flight's Auster
aircraft.
Royal Society Range
The Royal Society Range is a majestic mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica. With its summit at , the massive Mount Lister forms the highest point in this range. Mount Lister is located along the western shore of McMurdo Sound between the Koettlitz, Skelton and Ferrar glaciers...
, between Mount Huggins
Mount Huggins
Mount Huggins is a large conical mountain, 3,735 m, surmounting the heads of Allison, Dale, and Potter Glaciers in the Royal Society Range. Discovered by the Discovery expedition which named it for Sir William Huggins, President of the Royal Society, 1900-05....
and Mount Kempe
Mount Kempe
Mount Kempe is a peak, 3,005 m, midway between Mounts Huggins and Dromedary in the Royal Society Range of Victoria Land. Discovered by the Discovery expedition which named it for Sir Alfred Bray Kempe, at that time Treasurer of the Royal Society....
, leading into the Skelton Glacier
Skelton Glacier
Skelton Glacier is a large glacier flowing from the polar plateau into the Ross Ice Shelf at Skelton Inlet on the Hillary Coast, south of Victoria Land, Antarctica.-Discovery and naming:...
area from McMurdo Sound
McMurdo Sound
The ice-clogged waters of Antarctica's McMurdo Sound extend about 55 km long and wide. The sound opens into the Ross Sea to the north. The Royal Society Range rises from sea level to 13,205 feet on the western shoreline. The nearby McMurdo Ice Shelf scribes McMurdo Sound's southern boundary...
. It was named by the New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The 1955–58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole...
(1956–58) for the RNZAF Antarctic Flight's Auster
Auster
Auster Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer from 1938 to 1961.-History:The company began in 1938 at the Britannia Works, Thurmaston near Leicester, England, as Taylorcraft Aeroplanes Limited, making light observation aircraft designed by the Taylorcraft Aircraft Corporation of...
aircraft.